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Chapter 10
Harry didn't leave his chair while Draco was outside talking to Snape and after about ten minutes he returned with their teacher who nodded towards Mrs Weasley, said his polite goodbyes to the two boys, and then flooed back. After Professor Snape had left for Hogwarts Draco slowly moved to stand in front of Harry.
"Harry-" He began but the raven haired boy cut him off.
"Why on earth did you have to tell him that I was having nightmares? I fail to see how that is any of his business!" Harry hissed out as he stood up face-to-face with the platinum haired blonde. Draco opened his mouth to say something in response but Harry cut him to it. "No, I'm not done yet. Why did you have to talk to Snape by yourself? Did you want to tell him what my nightmares were about or that I am filthy rich but I didn't have any decent clothes?" Harry was now talking much louder and he was attracting the Weasley's attention.
"Harry! Before you say anything else, let's go outside where we can talk undisturbed." Draco said with a sad voice as he looked over towards where some of the Weasley's stood so that Harry would understand what he was saying.
"Fine." Harry spat out. They went outside and Draco closed the door softly after them, not trusting Harry to do so, he would probably slam it shut so hard that it would fall of its hinges.
"Harry, first of all, I told Severus about you having nightmares because I'm worried about you and to answer your question from before, no, I did not tell him what your nightmares were about." He said softly.
"Then what were you two talking about? I doubt it was a polite godfather/godson talk." Harry hissed.
"Maybe it was! You don't know that!" Draco said beginning to feel a bit irritated but he immediately tried to calm down, knowing that him being irritated wouldn't help the situation. "But if you want to know, one of the things I had to talk to him about had nothing to do with you what so ever. And what that was about you will find out in time, but I can swear that it has absolutely nothing to do with your nightmares or your uncle."
"And the other thing?" Harry asked in a cold tone.
"That had to do with you." Draco waved his wand and a set of chairs and a table popped up. "Harry, please sit, we need to talk." He said in a serious tone as he sat down on one of the chairs. Harry did as he was told and sat down on the chair across Draco. "Promise me that you will hear me out on this before you run away screaming at me." He said looking Harry in his emerald eyes. Harry only gave him a small, barely recognisable, nod and Draco decided to take this as a yes. "I needed to ask Severus some questions about something. That was all I did, ask him some questions, I have NOT decided anything behind your back and I will never ever do so either. You understand me so far?" Harry gave him another small nod still not sure what he was talking about. "I asked Severus what would happen if you decided to press charges against your uncle." Draco said and looked at Harry who became absolutely still.
"I... I don't know - I..." Harry trailed off unsure of what he felt.
"I wanted to be sure on some points before I took it up with you. Now if, and only if, you decide to press charges on him in the wizarding world they could use Veritaserum on you as well as Vernon, so you can be sure on that he would be convicted. Or you could also put your memories in a penesive with two ministry witnesses present and then they would play up those memories in the court room. They would question Vernon under Veritaserum and in that way you wouldn't have to meet him again. In either of these ways no press would be allowed in the court room but since you are who you are they would probably find out about everything quite fast in one way or another." Draco paused for a few seconds. "You could prosecute him in the muggle world instead. That way it would be harder for the papers for find out about it but they probably will at some point anyway and it would be much more difficult to prove anything in a muggle courtroom since we have no evidence and it would pretty much be your word against his. I guess we could sneak him some Veritaserum in some way so that he would confess everything, I didn't ask Severus about that." He reached forward over the table and placed one of his hands on Harry's cheek. "Now, this isn't anything you have to decided right now, but promise me that you will think about it because I think that you need some kind of closure in this. If you get that maybe your nightmares will go away."
"I'll think about it. I promise." Harry said in a low voice, looking down at the table. When they went outside he was really pissed at Draco and ready to start a screaming match with him, but now suddenly all this anger had somehow disappeared. Harry looked up again and it looked like Draco was thinking about something. "There is something more, isn't it?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, but I didn't talk so Severus about this, this is something I have been thinking about myself. I said that I thought you might need a closure in this and that maybe your nightmares would go away then. Let's say you decide to take this to court, it will probably take at least month before everything is sorted out and what if closure on this won't take your nightmares away, how will you do when we begin Hogwarts?" Draco said with a worried voice and he carefully took Harry's hand in his. "I thought that maybe it would be good for you if you talked to someone about this. A professional you know."
"A shrink? You want me to talk to a shrink!" Harry jerked his hand back and stood up.
"I only suggested it. Just think about it, maybe it would do you some good. And if you don't want to go by your self I can go with you if you want. I'm only worried about you." Draco said calmly and remained seated. Harry didn't say anything, instead he went back inside with a thoughtful expression on his face. Draco only hoped that Harry wasn't to upset with him and that he would at least think about the things he had suggested.
Sighing Draco pulled out his wand and accio'ed one of his books. He thought that Harry could use some time by himself. The weather was beautiful outside, not a cloud as far as he could see. So a bit of reading outside didn't sound so bad to him. After about two hours of reading in the warm summer sun Ginny came out and sat down on the chair that Harry had occupied before. She stayed silent for a while and just sat there watching him. Draco quit reading, marked the page and placed the book on the table.
"I really hope you are better than your father." Ginny finally said.
"I haven't had a father in a very long time, and even when I had one he wasn't a very good one." Draco said clearly looking her in her eyes.
"I also really hope that you are not using Harry and that you won't harm him." She continued.
"I could never do that." He said looking down on the table. "I love him to much to do something like that." Draco said in an honest voice as he looked back up at Ginny. "I understand that you are worried about Harry and that you only care for him and want what's good for him. And that's what I want to, what's good for him. Hopefully I can give him that. And I can swear that I did not know anything about Lucius being responsible for the Chamber of secrets thing."
"What would you have done if you had known?" She asked looking him sternly in his eyes.
Draco looked at loss, not knowing what to say. "I don't know what I would have done. I was only twelve years old and I don't know if I would have dared to go against Lucius and go to Dumbledore. Maybe I had gone to Snape or done something else. I honestly don't know." He said unsure but Ginny seemed to be satisfied with this and nodded.
"Ok. Ok." She repeated and nodded her head. "Now listen, I'm not going to be your best friend but Harry seems to really like you and he trusts you. So does Dumbledore and Ron." She paused for a few minutes. "And so do I, but I'll still be keeping an eye on you and don't you dare hurt Harry." Ginny looked at him and he couldn't help to think that she looked awfully much like her mother at that moment.
"You won't have anything to worry about then." Draco said smiling at her.
"I hope so." She responded giving him a small smile back, after that she returned in and Draco picked up his book to continue his reading. After another hour or so of reading he suddenly felt something hit him in the neck. He rubbed his neck and quickly turned around but saw no one he turned his attention to the ground to see what hit him but found nothing. As he was examining the ground something hit him in the head and it had come from the same direction. He looked up again but saw no one and he found nothing that could have been thrown at him. Slowly he turned his head and looked around himself then he was hit by something again and this time it hit the side of his head. A thought came up to his head and carefully he drew out his wand. Draco pretended to continue to look around and soon a fourth unidentified thing hit him in the head.
"Accio invisibility cloak!" He screamed in that direction where the things had gotten from. His assumptions were very much right. In a second Harry's invisibility cloak was in his hands and there about ten meters away from him Fred and George were standing very close to each other, originally to fit under the cloak, and they seemed to be holding something.
"Ah, you're no fun!" Fred, or possibly George said, Draco still couldn't put them apart and he doubted he ever would be able to.
"Oh, I'm so sorry that I spoiled all your fun." He said sarcastically.
"Well you should be, not everyone is chosen you know." One of the twins said looking very proud.
"Do I even want to know?" Draco asked them sceptically.
"You my friend were chosen to be our new test subject! This." George (or Fred) waved his wand over his hand and a bunch of small red balls appeared. "Is our new invention. We got the idea from a muggle toy, rubber balls they are called." He pronounced the word rubber very clearly sounding like he just had learnt the word.
"A brilliant thing rubber balls, I'm telling you..."
"They bounce and are very nice to throw at people..."
"But they are far too easily seen..."
"So we saw as our responsibility to develop the product...
"And voila! Here you have our newest product! They can bounce on every material, unlike the muggle ones, and if you hold them and tap them with your wand and say 'make me invincible' they turn invisible to everyone but you. So if you throw it at someone they won't know what hit them!" Fred finished proudly.
"Make me invincible? Isn't suppose to be invisible?" Draco asked looking strangely at them.
"No, make me invincible it is." George said as it was the most obvious thing in the world. "They are so new they don't even have a name yet. We have a few suggestions but nothing certain." He filled in.
"Wait, aren't you two supposed to be grounded?" He asked looking suspiciously them.
"Yeah, but mum sent us out to get you. We're having lunch." Fred said pocketing the rest of the red balls.
"Does she have any idea how you got my attention?" Draco said as he got up and closed his book, he folded Harry's invisibility cloak and placed it over his arm. "And does Harry know you have his cloak?" He narrowed his eyes and looked suspiciously at them.
"Well technically...no, he doesn't and mum only said that we should get you 'cause were having lunch. She didn't tell us HOW exactly to do that." Fred looked innocent at Draco and smiled a very uninnocent smile.
"Yeah you look so innocent." Draco said sarcastically and he waved his wand making the chairs and table he conjured before disappear. "Let's do as you mother WANTED you to then and go inside and have lunch." He began to walk towards the kitchen and soon the twins were right behind him. When he entered the kitchen he found Bill setting the table and Molly scowling at Charlie for some reason he couldn't figure but when she saw him her attention immediately shifted from Charlie to him.
"Draco dear, could you please go up and tell Harry we are having lunch now?" She said in a motherly tone as she looked sweetly at him. Draco agreed and nodded his head towards her. He made his way upstairs and without thinking about it he automatically stepped over the step which creaked terribly. The door to their room was closed and he carefully opened it, as if he didn't want to wake anyone. He looked over at Harry's bed, or rather his and Harry's bed, and there he found Harry laying face up staring at the ceiling. He made his way towards the bed and slowly sat down on it.
"You're not mad at me are you?" Draco asked. "Because I won't force you to do anything or make you feel bad if you decide to leave it all alone. I hope you know that." He was caressing Harry's hair and face as he spoke to him.
"No, I'm not mad at you. I just need to think a bit by myself and sort some things out." Harry said in a soft voice, it almost sounded as he had been sleeping. He turned over so that he lay facing Draco and he took his hand and laced their fingers together.
"Have you figured something out yet?" Draco asked looking down at him.
"Things are a bit clearer, you could say."
"Good. Molly sent me up here to tell you we're having dinner now. Oh, and those twins borrowed your invisibility cloak before. They decided to test one of their new products on me." Draco said as he placed the cloak at the foot of the bed. "It was hilarious..." He trailed dryly and Harry only smiled at him. "Now are you coming down for some food, better hurry or those Weasley boys will eat it all, only leaving us the breadcrumbs and Fred and George's prank stuff."
"I think I'll skip lunch. I could use some more thinking time by myself." Harry answered.
"Okay, but I'll bring you something up then. You need to eat."
"You do that. Mother." Harry said mischievously. Draco only snorted at him and then he leaned down and gave him a light kiss. He left Harry alone again and he closed the door silently after himself. Down in the kitchen everyone was just sitting down at the table. Molly saw him coming back down but she saw no Harry so she looked over Draco's shoulder to see if she just had missed him or if he was a few steps behind. When she saw no Harry she looked over at Draco again.
"Where's Harry? Isn't he coming down?" She asked worriedly.
"No, he said he needed some more time for himself. I'm going to bring up a plate with some food to him so you don't have to worry, he'll get his lunch anyway." He said to Molly who took out her wand and accioed a tray. On it she placed a plate with some food, a glass of water, an apple, and a napkin.
"Here you go." She said handing the tray over to him. "Give this to him." Draco did as he was told and brought Harry the tray with food and then he went back down again to eat something himself. Immediately when he sat down the twins began to question him.
"So, did you and Harry fight?" George said sounding exited.
"George!" His mum said sternly but Draco only snorted at him.
"Oh, yeah. We had a HUGE row and, well, Harry decided on that he would take the babies and move to Spain. And I will not have a chance to see my children. Ever!" He said dramatically sounding very upset at the end. George only looked strange at him. "No you twat! We did not fight. We discussed some things and now he is thinking those over." He clarified.
"Oh." Was George's only response.
"Now, don't mind those two dear. Eat you dinner now, and make sure you eat enough vegetables!" Molly mothered her new blonde 'son'. Ron snickered at his mother's behaviour. "Oh no! Don't you pull that face on me Ronald Weasley!" She said and waved her wand so that several beans, carrots and other green things that he couldn't identify, flew over to his plate. "You should eat more vegetables you too. And so should all of you." She glared at everyone round the table and suddenly all of them, including Arthur, began to laden vegetables upon their plates.
The dinner went by uneventful, and everyone ate their vegetables. When everyone had finished Harry decided to make an appearance.
"Draco." He called from the door and nodded his head so that Draco would understand that he wanted to talk to him. Draco excused himself from the table and followed Harry out in the living room.
"What is it?" He asked in a hushed tone so that the Weasley's wouldn't hear him.
"I thought we could try to pack this on them now." Harry held out the pouch with money that they had collected at Gringott's. "They are full and satisfied now so I would say that this is our best shot."
"You forgot that Molly is worried about you and probably a little softer." Draco chuckled.
"Tell me when she isn't worried." Harry laughed softly and Draco couldn't help to smile at him. Draco looked into the kitchen and saw that the entire family, as usual, trying to hear what they talked about. He smiled at them and pulled Harry out of sight.
"What are you-" But he was silenced by Draco's lips. Harry smiled at his action before he opened his mouth to grand him entrance.
"You know what?" Harry mumbled as they parted. Draco only shook his head as an answer. "We do this far to seldom." And with that he kissed his blonde boyfriend again. Draco pulled his fingers through Harry's unruly hair, making it even more unruly. As he did this Harry's hands went down and grabbed Draco's butt.
"Ohh, possessive are we?" Draco murmured.
"You have no idea." Harry whispered seductively in his ear making shivers going down his spine. "Now, let's deliver this money, shall we." Harry whispered again and nibbled Draco's ear lobe making him whimper. Harry slowly withdrew and stepped back into the hall, now in full sight of the Weasley's. Draco, who missed the warmth from Harry, slowly opened his eyes. Then he stepped out in the hall and swatted Harry's arm.
"That was extremely mean Potter. Don't you dare to pull something like that on me again!" He tried to sound angry and threatening but failed miserably and instead he broke out in laughter as he saw Harry's amused face. "One day you are going to be the death of me Potter."
"I really, really, don't want to know!" Ron suddenly exclaimed covering his ears and keeping his eyes shut. His siblings only laughed at him and Fred and George stood up and it looked like they were leaving the kitchen when they suddenly turned and looked at each other. Fred took George in his arms and dipped him.
"On Draco! Your eyes as beautiful as Snape's sneers are evil!" Fred said dramatically, looking down at his brother.
"But Harry, your eyes are a far more beautiful colour. Like the golden green skin of that snake that Lee killed last year!" George continued.
"You are most kind my daaaaaarling Draco! But then we have your lips. They are soft as a freshly powdered baby's bottom. And they are red like a bleeding frog!"
"Well, maybe you are right my dear Prince of Gryffindor. I am devilish handsome, just look at my veela like hair!" George said and shook his head and his un-veela like hair.
"Oh my Slytherin Prince!" Fred said and leant forward pouting his lips veeeery much. By this time all the members in the Weasley family plus Harry and Draco were doubled over in laughter. When Fred was about two decimetres from George's face he suddenly dropped him. "Well I'm not going to kiss him!" He said looking at his puzzled and laughing family. After awhile when the laughter had died and everyone had sobered up Harry and Draco asked to talk to Arthur and Molly.
Harry decided to start the negotiations. "First we would like to thank you all for having us here. It's nice to feel how it is to live in a family even if it isn't your own."
"You're not leaving us are you?" Molly asked worriedly.
"What? No! Not yet anyway." Harry answered and immediately she calmed down.
"We just wanted to show you how much we appreciate you having us here." Draco trailed off.
"So we want you to have this." Harry continued and handed them the blue velvet pouch that held the money they had taken from Harry's vault the day before.
"Whoa! Stop here boys! I hope you're not planning on offering us money here because we don't want it." Molly said sternly and Draco opened his mouth to say something but it was as impossible as for him to beat Harry in Quidditch as it was to say anything now because Molly Weasley hadn't finished talking. "I know we don't have piles upon piles of money but we have enough to get by. So why don't the two of you keep that money to yourself?" Now Molly Weasley was finished and she looked at the boys with a self-assured and determined look. But neither Draco nor Harry was intimidated by this look and Harry got to their defence.
"In these two days, well two and a half to be more precise." He added at second thought. "Well, anyway, in this time we have been staying here now you have given us both a chance to feel how it is to live in a family. And you have let me stay here at numerous times before and making me feel like I was a part of your family. You have given us something that you had loads of. Love." He emphasized on the word love to make it sound as important and big as it was. "Now we want to give you something that we have loads of. More that we'll ever use in fact."
When Harry talked about him and Draco as 'us' Draco couldn't but to feel happy. He still had hard to understand how someone could possible like him, not to mention love, and now that someone was Harry. What on earth had he done to deserve someone as great as Harry? The only really good thing he had done in his life that he could think of was when he saved Harry from a sure death by Lucius' wand. But that one good thing couldn't possible make up for all the bad things he had done and said. When Harry now talked about his money like it was both of their property Draco shuddered. Not in a bad way, but a pleasant shudder and not because Harry was talking about a whole heap of money. He could in fact have been talking about anything, but it was the thought that it was theirs and not his or mine. It was the thought about sharing something with Harry, something besides love, which made him shudder. 'God I'm getting sappy here.' Draco thought and shook the thought out of his head and focused on what was being said.
"Harry please, you don't have to offer us money." Molly said a bit desperate trying to worming her way out of this. She was sensing that Harry and Draco wouldn't settle for a no in this matter. Arthur had decided to stay silent in this as long as possible and letting his wife do the negotiations. He knew that it would be more likely for his wife to manage to persuade the two boys in keeping the money but things didn't seem to be going as easy as he thought.
"Listen, if you don't take this money now we will leave right this minute, and we don't want that anymore than you do." Draco said suddenly harsh. He took the money pouch from Harry and shoved it into Molly's hands. "Take it now, or we will leave... without taking that pouch with us." He finished in his best 'I'm a Malfoy and you do as I say' tone. "Now I would like to take a walk outside. How about you Harry?" Draco asked casually as if nothing had happened.
"Oh sure! It's such a lovely weather outside!" Harry answered as sunny and bright as a five year old child who had yet to find out about the hardships of the world. As they reached the front door they were stopped by a shriek from Molly.
"Oh my!" She shrieked as she opened the pouch and surveyed its content. "Harry, Draco, we can't possibly accept this!"
"Yes you can and yes you will." Harry said sternly. "What you are giving us is priceless. This is just a simple way for us to give something back." His tone said that this was the end of the discussion. Arthur gave the boys a smile and as Molly was about to argue against this again he stopped her by speaking first.
"I see that there is no point in arguing against you. I can tell you that you definitely don't have to do this, but that is something you probably already know. But now as you have given us this money and refuse to have it any other way we thank you with all of our hearts." Arthur said softly and whole heartedly.
"Yes, we know Mr. Weasley." Draco said as softly.
"Please, it's Arthur." The elderly man spoke. The two boys returned Arthur's smile and then they turned around again and stepped outside.
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